Asajj Ventress/Tol Skorr - TLC - Comic Packs (1)

Asajj Ventress & Tol Skorr are on the trail of Quinlan Vos; Count Dooku wants the Jedi brought back to him to face punishment. They locate Vos on a ruined exploration vessel, but meet with unexpected difficulty when Obi-Wan Kenobi arrives to find out what happened to the missing ship. Ventress has battled Kenobi before and yearns to put an end to the Jedi. Kenobi and Vos must work together if they hope to escape these two relentless and ruthless foes.

Hasbro
has given collectors our fair share of Asajj Ventress action
figures since she made her debut in the original Clone
Wars series. She got another opportunity
in the action figure line as part of the opening act of The
Legacy Collection'sComic Packs. The set is great,
but it is important to note that it isn't the best version
of Asajj Ventress we have gotten. Actually, she is not the
best by a long shot. The best version still
is the one from the 2005 ROTS Jedi Vs. SithBattle
Packs release. (This set was also reissued in the TAC line
too.) Although the Battle Packs version seems to be a bit
too tall, it has the best rendering of the character as well
as great proportioned detail that just isn't matched on this
Comic Packs version. Asajj Ventress in the Comic Packs line
is still however a great figure, but she definitely doesn't
surpass the Battle Packs version (or even the 2003 Clone Wars version,
dare we say?). The paint job on the costume just doesn't
match the much better paint jobs from past releases and
the funny look in her eyes doesn't give her
an imposing or threatening demeanor like it should. In fact,
she looks the slightest bit silly. The pupil-less versions
of Asajj are certainly the most effective for making her
look the most ominous. But since the comic adaptations of
her give her a relatively "normal" appearance as far as eyes
are concerned, it makes sense that Hasbro to this same approach
for this figure. Despite some of her setbacks, Asajj Ventress
is a figure that will feel like a rollercoaster ride as you
try to determine your degree of satisfaction with it.

Asajj Ventress
is a retool of the 2003 CW Asajj Ventress ('03 #47), but
don't worry because there are a lot of new parts including
much improved articulation in the arms. She has new arms that include ball-jointed articulation. The head looks new thanks to an all-new paint job, but it's just the same old sculpt. Aside from a new belt and a soft-goods skirt, the rest of her is identical
to the 2003 figure, except for the new paint job too. The tattoos on her head are done very
well and look like her comic book appearance very much (and
you already know how we feel about her eyes). Her lightsabers
are designed very well and can be displayed in each hand
separately or can be joined together to make one bad Sith
weapon. Her outfit is a hybrid of both soft-goods and molded
plastic and the combination works well (a mixture that we
don't necessarily recommend for aesthetic reasons). She
comes with a Morp droid that attaches to her arm via a very
believable electrical effect. Unfortunately, Asajj Ventress
only has hip joints and she has great difficulty stand up
when you try to pose her. As you may suspect, this is unnecessarily
frustrating and she could have used another few points of
articulation in the legs instead of the arms. She seems a
little bit short, but then again, the Battle Packs version
from 2005 looks a little bit too tall. We believe somewhere
in the middle would be "just right" for her actual height.

Tol Skorr
is an all-new figure. Working in cahoots with Asajj Ventress
to track down and defeat Quinlan Vos,
Tol Skorr can hold his own when it comes to battling the
Jedi. As evidenced by his scars, Tol Skorr seems to be a
formidable foe when it comes to the Jedi Order. Damaged,
but not dead, Tol Skorr had a desire to appease Count Dooku
while he was still alive. This of course is quite intriguing
since everyone that Count Dooku utilized for his needs functioned
as a pawn. The action figure translated nicely from the
comics but it isn't perfect. Tol Skorr is designed pretty
well but we take exception with a few points on him. He has
a very well designed costume with a lot of detail, but his
face is painted in a flesh color which never works (in our
opinion) to provide collectors with optimum results to make
the figure look as authentic as possible. Not to totally
diminish their efforts, Hasbro did take into account
the scratch scars on his face and they look great, but the
red paint that was used to enhance the injury
are not really "painted in between the lines" that well.
Check out a few samples because it does vary from one to
the other. There is nice variation in his hair and facial
hair and he stands very well! This is always a plus for action
figures, right?! The Asajj Ventress/Tol Skorr Comic Packs set is a solid two-pack. It may just be worth your consideration!